An i24News reporter cited a senior member of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s team
saying Axios’s late-night report on the Netanyahu-Trump call is inaccurate. The
official said Trump did not comment personally on the detention issue nor
describe Netanyahu as globally despised. The call’s tension centered on
conflicting social-media messages: Trump believed Netanyahu implied the war
remained fully underway, while Netanyahu interpreted Trump as signaling a full
ceasefire. Trump reportedly said defending Israel’s global standing is difficult
and could provoke hatred. The call ended with an understanding that strikes on
Beirut would be suspended so long as Israeli territory is not attacked.
